The senior left-hander from Crespi High of Encino limited rival Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks to six hits – including just one over the final 4 1/3 innings – and one earned run in a 5-2 Mission League victory at L.A. Valley College in Studio City

With a sharp-breaking curveball and an uncanny ability to keep his concentration while enduring the elements, Brockett struck out three and issued two walks while improving to 5-1 and lowering his ERA to 1.97 in 43 innings.

“When the wind blows like this, you can never really get comfortable, and I had no fastball, but we won,” Brockett said. “But the wind also made my changeup and slider more effective, so I used that to my advantage.”

It was a must-win game for defending Southern Section Div. II champion Crespi (19-4, 6-2), which remains a half-game behind first-place Chaminade of West Hills with four league games remaining.

“I don’t know how to explain what it’s like to play with the wind like this, but it’s a lot tougher,” Crespi’s Scott Heineman said. “Ryan just really settled down late in the game, and his changeup was really working. I guess the wind made it that much more nasty.”

Notre Dame left-hander Jack Hartman (4-2) wasn’t bad either – especially when you consider he is just a freshman. He pitched a complete game, too, allowing five runs (three earned) on five hits, five walks and a hit batter.

“It was tough because there would be a gust as wind in the middle of my windup that would knock me off-balance,” Hartman said. “It just didn’t feel right out there.”

“I was surprised. It’s not easy to throw in the wind,” Dill said. “It was a tough day, but both of us had to play in the same conditions.”

Crespi scored two runs in the first inning when a single by Ryon Healy ( 2 for 2, two RBIs) combined with an outfield error scored Mike Hubbard and Heineman. In the third, the Celts added a run when Heineman walked and scored on a long double by Kevin Williams.

Crespi perhaps could have added more runs in the third, but with runners on second and third and no out, Hartman worked his way out of the jam.

Crespi was busy again in the fourth, adding two runs when Brockett came home on an error and Hubbard scored on Healy’s sacrifice fly.

Notre Dame (8-12, 2-6) scored on Russell Richey’s RBI double in the second and J.J. Muno’s run-scoring single in the third.

Over the past nine games, Crespi is 8-1 and Notre Dame is 1-8, including consecutive losses to the Celts.

The season has proved humbling for Notre Dame, which won the Southern Section Div. III title two years ago, then finished 23-6 last season.

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